Official compliance assessment tool from the European Commission’s AI Act Service Desk.
URL: artificialintelligenceact.eu/assessment
What It Does
- Guides you through risk classification questionnaire
- Determines if your AI system is prohibited, high-risk, limited, or minimal risk
- Identifies applicable obligations based on your role (provider, deployer, importer, distributor)
- Links to relevant articles and recitals for each requirement
Also Available
The AI Act Service Desk bundles several tools:
- Compliance Checker: Risk assessment and obligation mapping
- AI Act Explorer: Navigate the full text with article summaries
- Timeline: Implementation milestones and deadlines
- Online Helpdesk: Direct questions to Commission staff
Why Use It
Most “AI Act compliance” tools from vendors are trying to sell you something. This one is free, official, and maintained by the people enforcing the law.
Use it before you build, not after you ship.
Related
- EU AI Act (the regulation itself)
- Constitutional AI (training approach that simplifies compliance)
- Claude Constitution (example of compliant AI governance)